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The two-questionnaire approach is adopted in the 2011 Population Census to collect information on the characteristics of the Hong Kong Population. Short form questionnaire will be used to enumerate about nine-tenths of households in Hong Kong on their basic characteristics while long form questionnaire will be used to enumerate the remaining one-tenth households on a broad range of socio-economic characteristics of household members.

Data Topics for the 2011 Population Census

Short Form Questionnaire

1. Year and month of birth
2. Sex
3. Ethnicity
4. Place of birth
5. Whereabouts at census reference moment
6. Occupancy of quarters
7. Type of quarters
8. No. of households in quarters (derived)
9. No. of occupants in quarters (derived)
10. Whether a member of the household
11. Household size (derived)

Long Form Questionnaire

All the items in the short form and the following items:
Demographic and social characteristics

12. Marital status
13. Usual language
14. Ability to speak other languages/dialects
15. Nationality

Educational characteristics

16. School attendance
17. Educational attainment (highest level attended)
18. Educational attainment (highest level completed)
19. Field of education
20. Place of study
21. Mode of transport to place of study Internal migration characteristics

Internal migration characteristics

22. Duration of residence in Hong Kong
23. Place of residence 5 years ago

Economic characteristics

24. Economic activity status
25. Industry
26. Occupation
27. Whether having secondary employment
28. Earnings from main employment
29. Earnings from secondary employment
30. Other cash income (including cash income from rent)
31. Place of work
32. Mode of transport to place of work

Housing characteristics

33. Type of accommodation
34. Number of rooms in the residence (including living / dining rooms, bedrooms, other rooms, kitchens, bathrooms / toilets)
35. Tenure of accommodation
36. Rent (including rates, government rent and management fees)
37. Mortgage payment or loan payment

Household characteristics

38. Relationship to other members of the household
39. Type of household
40. Household income (derived)
41. Household composition (derived)

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